Shoe



Dec. 3, 1929. L. PIGNANELL] 1,737,679

SHOE

Filed Jun 14. 1928 L myE To u/ 1 f? none/A BY .7 .7

ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 3, 1929 UNITED STATES LUIGI PIGNANELLI, F TACOMA,WASHINGTON SHOE Application filed June 14, 1928. Serial No. 285,386.

This invention relates to improvements in womens shoes.

The object of my improvement is to produce a shoe wherein the rearportion is constructed to furnish thereat rigidity sufficient to sosupport the arch and maintain the shoe in proper shape and the frontportion somewhat after the manner of a turned shoe to afford flexibilityto yield to the movements of the wearers foot when walking.

Another object is to provide a shoe of relatively light weight, neatappearance, strong, durable and inexpensive to manufacture.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in thefollowing description. The invention consists, generally stated, in theproduction of a shoe wherein the known McKay method is followed withregard to its rear portion-that is with the lower edge of the upperinterposed between the insole and the outsole and secured thereto bytacks and sewed seams, while the fore portion of the shoe is madewithout any insole, but utilizes a ligament or ligaments adhesively connccted to the inturncd edge of the upper at opposite sides of the shoeand which with such edge are sewed to the outsole.

The invention further consists in the novel construction, adaptation andcombination of the parts as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing,

*igure 1 is a side elevation of a shoe embodying the present invention,a portion of the shoe being broken away, and shown partly inlongitudinal vertical section; Fig. 2 is an underside plan view of Fig.1 with parts broken away to disclose the internal arrangement of theshoe parts; and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on line 33 of Fig.2.

In said drawing the reference numeral 5 represents the outsole of theshoe, said sole extending the entire length of the shoe, or from theplane of the front surface of the heel 6 to the front end of the shoe.

Adjacent its edge, at the sides and at the toe. said sole is provided inits underside with a thread receiving channel 7.

The shoe upper may consist of a single piece of leather, or severalpieces as shown, of which 8 denotes the vamp and 9 the quarters securedtogether and having inturned lower edges, denoted by 8 and 9respectively.

Said vamp andquarters are provided respectively with linings 10 of clothor the like, which linings are formed to provide inturned lower edgessuch as10 All of the above described parts are or may be similar to whathave been heretofore used in the art. According to the presentinvention, a short insole 12 is used, the same extending from the rearend of the shoe, where it serves as a heel seat, and terminates in afront edge 13 located at or about the ball of a foot.

In lasting, the vamp and associated lining edges at each side of theshoe and about the toe are inserted between two layers 14 and 15 offabric or an equivalent, of approximately the shape of the fore part ofthe usual insole, and are secured to both layers by a suitable adhesiveso as to constitute with the vamp a continuous wrapping extendingcircuitously about the fore part of the last.

The insole 12 is next positioned upon the last below the inturned edges9 of the quarters, after which the outsole is applied and secured tosaid insole by means of lasting tacks 16.

Thereupon the last is removed from the shoe which is sewed upon amachine, of known construction, to produce a seam of thread stitcheswhich, as at 17 in the fore part of the shoe, unite the sole to both thevamp edge 8 and the overlying edges 14 and 15 of the respective fabricligaments above and below the same; and, as at 17 in the rear partof theshoe, along the opposite edges of the insole the stitches unite theoutsole, the insole, the intervening edges 9 of the quarters, and alsoto the rear portion of the vamp and the edges thereof which extendbeyond the front edge 13 of the insole.

The heel is then secured by glue and nails in a well known manner to theinsole. A sock lining, not shown, is used as customary, within the shoeto protect the wearers foot from becoming chafed.

The above described shoe is of light weight, strong and with arelatively rigid rear part and a flexible fore part.

Where a greater thickness of material is desired under the foot'i'n thefore part of the shoe an ancillary insole of leather, indicated bydotted line 18, having the shape of the fore portion of the usualinsole, may -'be inserted within the shoe above the upper ligament 1%and in front of the insole 12, as shown.

The ancillary insole, however, is not sewed nor otherwise secured to theoutside, nor is it fastened to the upper and therefore does not detractfrom the flexibility of the fore part of the shoe, but servessupplementary to the refered to sock lining to cover the seam 17.

What I claim, is,-

1. In a shoe, the combination of an outsole provided with a channel inits underside, an upper having its lower edge extending inwardly abovesaid outsole, fabric located above and below said lower edge forcoupling the same at opposite sides of the shoe and cooperating with theupper to encircle the foot at the fore part of the shoe, and an insolelocated above said inturned edge at the rear part of the shoe, the frontend of said insole being located at or about the ball of the foot, saidoutsole being sewed by a seam extending upwardly from said channelthroughout the length of the shoe to the inturned edge of the upper, andalso to the insole and to said fabric at the rear and fore partsrespectively of the shoe.

2. In a shoe, an upper having an inturned lower edge disposed above theoutsole and sewed thereto by a seam of thread, an insole of less lengththan that of the outsole and located entirely in the rear part of theshoe, said insole being secured to the outsole by said seam, and aligament secured. by an adhesive material to the under surface of theinturned edge of the upper for coupling the portions thereof at oppositesides of the shoe and in the fore part thereof in front of the forwardend of said insole.

3. In a shoe, the combination of an insole for the rear portion of theshoe, an outsole, an upper and a lining therefor, two layers of fabricprovided in the fore part of the shoe in front of said insole, the upperend the lining thereof having its lower edge turned inwardly betweensaid layers and secured thereto by an adhesive substance, said oinsolebeing tacks andsecured to the upper by a line of stitches extendingabout the outer edge of the outsoleu V Signed at Seattle, Washington,this 28th day of May,1928.

LUIGI PIGNANELLI;

secured to the insole by lasting

